In December, Christie’s will auction off “the Vivid Pink,” a bubble-gum-colored five-carat diamond with an estimated value of $5 million to $7 million. But instead of scheduling the sale for New York or Geneva, the city chosen was Hong Kong. Asia’s role in the market for super high-end luxury goods is mushrooming. Christie’s and Sotheby’s say that in the last few years Hong Kong has emerged as a top location for sales of expensive jewelry, gems and fine ...

Uber-popular artist Jeff Koons and the British curator Norman Rosenthal are working on a book together that the Wylie Agency is currently shopping to publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The book will be called The Confessions of Jeff Koons, and will take the form of an extended conversation between the two longtime friends. A publishing date of fall 2010 will coordinate with the release of a film...

A new portrait by Leonardo da Vinci may have been discovered. The small picture of a young woman in profile was previously believed to be a German work from the early 19th century and has changed hands in recent years for around £12,000. But a growing number of scholars agree the work is almost certainly by the Renaissance figurehead because it appears to have his fingerprint on it. Carbon dating and infrared analysis back up the theory. The work could be worth tens of millions of ...

Damien Hirst has made a fortune and become an art-world brand by peering at life's dark side. Rows of skulls stare sightless from deep blue backgrounds in a new exhibition by the man who turned pickled sharks and rotting cows' heads into multimillion-dollar works of art. The most striking thing about the show, "No Love Lost," at London's Wallace Collection, isn't the skulls, the surprise is that these are paintings, executed in oil by Hirst himself.

Landmark Sheeler Painting Acquired by Amon Carter Museum Release Date: 12 October 2009The Amon Carter Museum announces that it has acquired a major American painting by the artist Charles Sheeler: Conversation—Sky and Earth, painted in 1940. “This superb example of Sheeler’s work is a vital addition to our holdings of this important and versatile artist, who ...

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